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' Letters Patent N 102,907, dated May 10, 1870.

IMPROVEMENTIN- MACHINES PGR CUTTING; STAMPING', ANB-2?@ The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the Tol all persons to whom those presents may come@ Be it known that we, LUaANDUs BEACH and LU- ,RANDUS L. BEACH, Jr., both' of Lawrence, of the county of Essexl and State of Massachusetts, have made a new and useful invention having reference to the Cutting, Stamping-aud Racking o f Soap; and we do hereby declare the same tp be fully described in' the `following speeicatioiiand.represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top ifiew; Figure; a front elevation;

` Figure 3, a transverse section, and

Figure'fi, a longitudinal section of a machine cnibodyiiig such invention.

A denotes the frame for supporting the main ope-rative partsof the' machine, the first of which consists of a movable table or carriage, B, which is sustained by ways, so as to enable it to be moved longitudinally, i'ectilinearly, and horizontally, relatively .to the frame.

This carriage `has a long kei'f or slot, a, extending lengthwise into it from near to its outer and to its inii'er end it also has a shoulder or abutment, b, raised on' it, in manner asrcpresentcd.

At that extremity of the frame of the machine into which the carriage is to pass, there are two vertical of which extends down .through the slot ofuthe carriage, the other being arranged against the inner edge of such carriage.

These wires are provided with strainingscrews and nuts, as shown at e e, andlhave their lower ends looped ipon pins, or may be otherwise properly fixed to the rame.

The purpose of one of these wires is to separate the block of soap lengthwise into two blocks, the other or inner one being to trim the inner edge of the block during the advance of the carriage.

The soap to be treated by this machine is` rst to be supposed, by means of a mold, to. be cast into Vthe shape of a rectangular block.` After having been'so formed, and become sufficiently set or induratedpthe block should be so laid upon the platform or carriage 'B that one edge of the block may be close against the` outer edge of the carriage, with one endrof the block4 against the shoulder b thereof. In this conditionfof the block, it is next to be forced into the inachineby causing the carriage to advance, which should next be eiiected, and be produced by power suitably applied tothe carriage.

A stamp-gauge, G, composed of a rectangular frame having two rowslof angular notches, f j, arranged in its opposite longitudinal bars in manner as represented, is employed furthe purpose oi determining theposi- -tioiisof the stamp l), used instamping each of the two blocks of soap, preparatory to its being separated into a series of smaller sections or cakesi n rI he sta-nip is 'shown in side elevation `in Figure 5, iii longitudinal section iii Figuieil, andin end view 1u Figure 7, its body-part h being provided with triangular prisniatical projections g g to .fit 1nto the notches oi the gauge-frame. i

This stamp consists of a bloeit, Ii, and a staiupei, c, `whose shank, k, goes up through a hole in thc block h, and is supported by a spring, i', which serves to cle vate the stanipcr afteiveach dep-re ion oi it. i

Prepara-tory to stamping each i ch with the naine, trademark, or other device of the soap-inaker, the gauge-frame is `to be arranged over the block, and in a correct position, on snpportingavays mm. For this pnnposethere may be studs projecting from the bottoni oi thc gauge-frame to enter holes made 1u the ways. l

The gauge-frame having'been properlyI adjusted, a workman should place the stamp successively in the pairs ci' not-ches of' the gauge-frame, and, after each insertion of it in such a pair, and 'while therein, he, with a inallet or other proper iininient, slioiilddrive the staniper down upon the scam so as to imprint or stamp it.

This having been accomplishedZ the two blocks of soap thus imprinted are next to ne moved laterally against a series of vert-ical wires, o o o, arranged within the frame A, in 'manner as represented.

This lateral movement of the blocks iselectcd by means of an iinpeller or bar, D", within the fi'ameA, and having two toot-hed racks, p p, proyeeted i'roiii its opposite ends.

These racks engage with two pinions, q q, fixed on a long horizontal shaft, i, which. is provided with a crank, s, arranged at one end o. By turning the shaft in one direction, by manual power applied to the crank, the impeller will be advanced, and by revolvn ing the shaft in the opposite way the iinpellei will be inoved backward. n

During an advance of' the impellei it will force the blocks successively against the second series of wires, by which each block will be reduced vto cakes, or a scries of smaller blocks, and will be beyond the wires, and upon a platform or table, nl, disposed withinthe frame A, in manner as represented. I 1

In advance of the platform E the drying-trame F and the'niechanisin for separati the cakes asunder, or moving them apart .freni i other, so as to prevent their adhering together during the process oi desiccation.

Each pair of blocks reduced to cakes will be moved upon the separating mecbanisn'i the nest pair oi, blocks during its advanceby the inipeller; that is to say, will be crowded oftl the table E and upon the separator, and be forced over the bars t t t of the dryingframe F, the latter consisting or" three parallel bars, t, and two or any other suitable number of cross connecting-bars, n u. (See Figure 8, whicb is a top View of the said frame, and also Figure 9, which is an end view of it.)

Figure 10 is a top View; l

Figure 11, a longitudinal section; and

Figure 12, an nnderside view of the separator G, l

a stirrup or bar, z, on which a workman is to press his foot, when it may be desirable to eiect sneh'movements of the several blocks.

A spring, a', applied to the frame '0, at one end bar thereof, and also to the block which is farthest from such end, serves to close the blocks together after their movements, as described.

Each block, where a cake of soap is to rest on it, is provided 4with a sloping face or jaw, as shown at b', which extends up through the drying-frame F, when the latter is laidon the frame of tbesepa'rator, which, when in use is sul ed by a bracket or projecting part, H, of the man rame A.-

With the separator G, a presser, I, is employed for the purpose of separating the cakes asunder when upon the jawed blocks of the separator, preparatory to their being moved apart by them.

This presser consists of a board, e', and two arms, d d', to which it is aixcd at its ends.

' lhese arms are-hinged at their rear'ends to the frame'A, and, when down, rest on springs e' e.

In order 'to eiect 'the raising of the presser to a proper altitude above the separator, for the convenience of removing the 1 rying-frame therefrom, or applying it thereto, occasion may require, linesor cords f f' are fastened to the presser, and extended back through stationaey guides gAg', and thence'are continued and fastened to the shaft fr. NVliile the impeller is in the act of being advanced, the cords should be unwound from the shaft, so4 as toV allow the presser to fall down to, or nearly to, a horizontal position, or until it may be deposited on the springs c c', A .rcverse movement of the presser'will take place during the retreat of the impeller.

After the two series vof cakes of soap may have been deposited on the jawedblocks of the separator, the stirrup or bar z should be pressed downward, in

will be moved apart, and will separate the cakes asundcr tothe proper distances over the drying-frame, for them to be dried thereon; after which the said frame, with the cakes upon "it, should be removed from the separator, and another such frame should be substituted thereon in place of that so removed.

We make no claim to combination'of' the movable platform B and -the impeller with the two series of wires c d o o.

What we claim as our' invention in the above-speci'- ed machine may be stated as follows:

.We claim the stamper D, constructed with the gauge-frame O, constructed with notches f arranged lnits bars, as set forth. n

Also, the separator G, as composed of the frame e nected by cords, or equivalents, as set forth.

Also, the combination of the separator G with the impeller-D-and' the series of wires o, for reducing a block, 'as set forth.

Also, the combination of the presser I and the separator-G with the impeller D and the series of wires o, for reducing a block to cakes, as explained'.

Also, the combination and arrangement ofthe drying-frame F with the separator G, or with such and the impellcl` and wires, as described, for separating a blockinto cakes, as'eXpIained.

LURANDUS BEACH.'

\Vitnesses:' LURANDUS L. BEACH, JR.

N. G. WHITE, J nssn G. Genn-D.

which case tbe several jawed blocks of the separator gauge projections g g, and combination with the and the series of jaw-blocks w, arranged and con- 

